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Space on Earth C. Cockell

Space on Earth By C. Cockell

Space on Earth by C. Cockell


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Summary

Sir Arthur Clarke Award Winner Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems on Earth. Most space explorers feel environmentalism hampers their exploration of space. Leading astro-biologist Prof. Cockell argues that environmentalism and space exploration have one and the same objective, to ensure humanity has a home.

Space on Earth Summary

Space on Earth: Saving Our World By Seeking Others by C. Cockell

Sir Arthur Clarke Award Winner Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems on Earth. Most space explorers feel environmentalism hampers their exploration of space. Leading astro-biologist Prof. Cockell argues that environmentalism and space exploration have one and the same objective, to ensure humanity has a home.

Space on Earth Reviews

'An extensive, masterful case that environmental science and space science are powerful partners in leading us to understanding other worlds, and, more importantly, the future of our own.' - Frank Drake, Director, SETI Institute, California

'In this lucid and upbeat book, Cockell debunks the false choice between environmentalism and space exploration. He lays out clearly the challenge before us: to seek the stars in full reverence of our home world.' - Don White, President, Earthtrust, Hawaii

'Charles Cockell is right to think that we can better understand the earth by visiting the other planets.' - James Lovelock, author of The Revenge of Gaia

Cockell's fascinating, impassioned book could convert even the most skeptical - infectious. Publishers Weekly

About C. Cockell

CHARLES S. COCKELL is currently Professor and Chair of Microbiology at the Open University. He has written and edited six books including Impossible Extinction (CUP, 2003) about microbes' survival after natural catastrophes. Following his doctorate at the University of Oxford, he worked for NASA and British Antarctic Survey. He has led expeditions to Mongolia and Indonesia, among other places, to study life in extreme environments. He is Chair of the Earth and Space Foundation and in 1990 stood in the UK national elections for the 'Forward to Mars Party' advocating more British involvement in Mars exploration plans, winning 91 votes.

Table of Contents

Earthrise New Worlds Rich Bounty, New Crises New Views on an Old World Green Living A Space-faring Environmental Ethic Earth and Space New Alliances A Habitable World

Additional information

GOR006622604
9780230007529
023000752X
Space on Earth: Saving Our World By Seeking Others by C. Cockell
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
20061128
186
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